Interaction of vascular endothelial cells with leukocytes, platelets and cancer cells in inflammation, thrombosis and cancer growth and metastasis

Adhesion and migration of mammalian cells are of crucial importance in a number of biological events, such as fertilization, embryogenesis, pattern, tissue and organ formation, and in a variety of physiological and pathological processes, including lymphocyte trafficking, leukocyte recruitment, hemostasis, wound healing, tumor angiogenesis and cancer metastasis. All these